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ISOL634-WK4-ApproachestoPhysicalSecurity-Audio.pptxITSOL 634 – Physical Security
Chapter 4
Approaches to Physical Security!
Instructor – Dr. Okey Igbonagwam
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Chapter 4 Approaches to Physical Security
Levels of Physical Security – Physical security is categorized as follows:
Minimum Security – Simple physical barriers such as regular doors and windows with ordinary locks
Low-level Security – While simple barriers are in place, then, reinforced doors, windows bars and grates
Medium Security – Intend to impede, detect, and assess most
unauthorized external activity and some unauthorized internal activity
High-level Security - Intend to impede, detect, and assess most
unauthorized external activity and some unauthorized internal activity;
supplemented with state-of-the-art CCTV, LED, Armed security officers
Maximum Security - Intend to impede, detect, assess, and neutralize all unauthorized external and internal activities
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Chapter 4 Approaches to Physical Security
The Value of Planning – Questions to first answer are:
What is being protected – Assets?
How important them are?
Do protection costs outweigh the values?
Design-Reference Threat Layer for Protection – follow the principle of security in-depth. Protection must be layered to provide diversity and redundancy, starting with most sensitive point within the facility and work out as:
Physical Barriers – Most be checked at the sensitive areas
Locks – Determine the openings requiring locks
Access Controls – Determine who will be admitted to the facility
Security Force – Determine level of security with appropriate training
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Approaches to Physical Security
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Alarm Systems – Provide a maximum security system with state-of-the-art perimeter alarm system
Lighting – Lighting should be considered for impeding as well as for assessing.
Communications – Provide ability to communicate on-site
CCTV – Place digital cameras to ensure proper surveillance and assessment.
Response Force – Ability to neutralize any threats
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The Security or Master Plan and Countermeasures considerations:
Justification – Security plan must be justify to management; hence most management appear to believe security contributes nothing, then, still something happen.
Convincing Oneself That a Proposal is Justified – Security plan must be sound to the designer first to justify the money
Convincing Others It is Justified - Security plan must be sold to others to justify the money
Company’s Experience – A company past experience would make it receptive or not of the plan
Personal Experience – Individual exposure to the issue may draw on previous experience to define and analyze possible ramifications.
Formulating the Approach – Accumulation of raw data would necessity adoption of a strategy for communicating arguments in a convincing manner.
Presenting the Approach – Provide timely Report and present as formulated and included the basic information.
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Summary
Security design should begin with interior security; then, to exterior and other perimeters.
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